Activity 3: Formative Assessment

The student should practice extracting needed facts from more generalized information by using highlighters in order to have the necessary tools to draw logical conclusions.

Have students fill in the Data Acquisition Chart below on the positive and negative impacts of the dam.

As an option you may allow students to use the note-taking sheet during culminating performance assessment.

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Data Acquisition Chart: Impacts of Three Gorges Dam

Impacts	Economic	Cultural	Social	Political	Other
Government Perspective
Local Residents along the Yangtze River
Energy
Suppliers
Environmental

Scoring Guide